JEE Main Physics Syllabus 2026
Complete chapter-wise Physics syllabus for JEE Main 2026. All 20 chapters with official NTA topics, marks weightage, key formulas and difficulty level.
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All 20 Chapters — Physics
Units and Measurements
Units of measurements, System of units, SI Units · Fundamental and derived units · Least count, significant figures · +3 more
Kinematics
Frame of reference, motion in a straight line, speed and velocity · Uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity · Uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time and position-time graphs · +4 more
Laws of Motion
Force and inertia, Newton's first law of motion · Momentum, Newton's second law of motion, impulse · Newton's third law of motion · +5 more
Work, Energy and Power
Work done by constant and variable force, kinetic and potential energies · Work-energy theorem, power · Potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical energy · +3 more
Rotational Motion
Centre of mass of two-particle system and rigid body · Basic concepts of rotational motion, torque, angular momentum · Conservation of angular momentum and its applications · +5 more
Gravitation
Universal law of gravitation · Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth · Kepler's laws of planetary motion · +3 more
Properties of Solids and Liquids
Elastic behaviour, stress-strain relationship, Hooke's Law · Young's modulus, bulk modulus and modulus of rigidity · Pressure due to fluid column, Pascal's law · +6 more
Thermodynamics
Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics · Heat, work and internal energy · First law of thermodynamics · +2 more
Kinetic Theory of Gases
Equation of state of a perfect gas · Work done on compressing a gas · Kinetic theory: assumptions, concept of pressure · +5 more
Oscillations and Waves
Periodic motion: time period, frequency, displacement as function of time · Simple harmonic motion (SHM), its equation, phase · Oscillations of a spring: restoring force and force constant · +6 more
Electrostatics
Electric charges: conservation, Coulomb's law · Electric field due to point charge, electric dipole · Torque on dipole in uniform electric field · +6 more
Current Electricity
Electric current: drift velocity, mobility · Ohm's law, electrical resistance, I-V characteristics · Electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity · +6 more
Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
Biot-Savart law and applications to circular loop · Ampere's law and applications to solenoid · Force on moving charge in magnetic and electric fields · +7 more
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
Electromagnetic induction: Faraday's law · Induced emf and current, Lenz's law, eddy currents · Self and mutual inductance · +5 more
Electromagnetic Waves
Displacement current · Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics · Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves · +2 more
Optics
Reflection: spherical mirrors, mirror formula · Refraction at plane and spherical surfaces · Thin lens formula, lens maker's formula · +7 more
Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
Dual nature of radiation, photoelectric effect · Hertz and Lenard's observations · Einstein's photoelectric equation, particle nature of light · +1 more
Atoms and Nuclei
Alpha-particle scattering experiment, Rutherford's model · Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum · Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses · +3 more
Electronic Devices
Semiconductors, semiconductor diode: I-V characteristics · Diode as a rectifier · LED, photodiode, solar cell, Zener diode as voltage regulator · +1 more
Experimental Skills
Vernier calipers, screw gauge · Simple pendulum experiments · Young's modulus of elasticity experiment · +7 more